But with disruption, there is always backlash, and there are always entrenched interests, and all sorts of rich and powerful folks who have something to lose if the status quo changes.

But if force mind to say "ok, let's do this different, let's pretend everything with HOA is 100% correct" and look back trying to find how it all goes together, may learn some new perspectives in it all that can aid going forward.From what shared thus far, i have a feeling that things got adversarial early, and that entrenchment made any positive resolutions very hard.

- Asian neighborhoods are entrenched.

As a fellow newbie entrenched in the REI learning stage right now, I appreciate these kinds of posts.

I know several people with long-entrenched family members living for free in a home that was paid for by other members, long gone or still alive.

Or that they won't be dealing with their entrenched, non paying tenant, or relative or the hoarder house in their life time.  

I did deed intel on the area and if I was not so well entrenched in Portland I would move there.Fast forward and 8 flips later and 9 new constructions going right now this is one of the best markets in the country.

Generally speaking, you want to target communities that welcome growth of all sorts, and are willing to make the necessary tradeoffs to support it, occasionally at the expense of entrenched interests.

Just look at how hard the currently entrenched (anti-competitive) industries are fighting Uber and Airbnb.

I got more entrenched in work, deal were still falling through left and right, tenants were vandalizing my property with no regard, I was still technically homeless and the IRS decided to freeze my accounts.